Coptic
Etymology
From Egyptian rsj (“southern”)
Noun
ⲣⲏⲥ • (rēs) m
- (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic) south
Coordinate terms
- (north): ϧⲏⲧ (xēt), ϩⲏⲧ (hēt), ⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ (emhit), ⲙϩⲓⲧ (mhit)
- (west): ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (ement), ⲉⲙⲛⲧ (emnt), ⲉⲓⲙⲛⲧ (eimnt), ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ (emnte), ⲉⲓⲙⲛⲧⲉ (eimnte)
- (east): ⲓⲉⲃⲧ (iebt), ⲉⲓⲉⲃⲧ (eiebt), ⲉⲓⲃⲧ (eibt), ⲉⲓⲃⲧⲉ (eibte), ⲓⲏϥⲧ (iēft), ⲁⲓⲏⲃⲧ (aiēbt)